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August 31, 1870 (4 pages)

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Railroad Subsidies.
for cities, Denker Statento vote dub.
sidies in. afa'‘6f'private ‘railroad corporations. If Ce Ate not. ie sb
wal t public “aid, 4%s for
‘the reasdh Take ca copy their
= etter ad mnt er envorprldée’s anil whatever ont enterprises af
ford ‘the best returtie©to capital’ will
generaily,be tound the most
geous to communities. ‘There y be
to pertio logalities, SacSeehe was nugnes ie tionably benefited
far more by the constraction of the
Central ’Pacitte road than,the amount
of hex sttbacription to the stock of the
company ;*bat San Francisco, which
gave thie . company $400,000, instead . of
being pénefited, ‘hasbeen ‘injured by
the Speatiig ‘of the. toad. In other
counties, where subsidies have been
voted to tailways, the people can se@
no ‘particular ‘advantage gained, and
therefore consider:their subscriptions 4
dead: 168s. ‘Inthe’ ‘Mississippi Valley
States; the cities and counties of late
years have been voting extensive subsidies to ratlwaysj and finding in many
cases iat tiby ‘Were mistaken as to
the -bencite; Tthey ste" how mMyoking
“the uid of the *Ootrts “to declare: null
dey debts contracted for such
perpen “hy some cases, the Courts
have declared. such, obligations, voids
‘and the belief is that-their decisions
hav@ Been! ii@lbneéd ‘more by popular . .
ago, but re “on account of
the.failure.ot his employer. Bolton.
has; since: that ‘time; become decrepid
with yeats and sickness, is nearly blind,
and confiied to his bed. On Monday,
inclosing a check for the amount due
Bolton, with interest for eleven yeats
added. The.party sending the letter,
caeienanibecbieg® D. Bosworth,”
: iedae i
Charles is marching pineal on Paste.
jhave no™intelligenee'as to where
the cane army is, but it was expected
to reach Paris by a week from the 28th,
say by next Sunday. Squads of Prusian cavalry have already tade their”
appearance withina few miles of the
fortifications. Paris dispatches say
they are already -well prepared for a
a stranger to Bosworth, asked that the
. amount, be paid to the right party. The
matter.was duly attended to,and a poor
man sent a blessing to the gentleman
who had not forgotten an honestly
earned debt.
Arrest and Escape.
A-man named Abrams was arrested
by the Marshal on Monday and brought
before Justice Palmer; on the complaint
of Mary Rice, charging him with as
sault and battery, breaking her, farsi
ture, ete. He gave security for his ap
pearance yesterday .forenoon, and: the
trial having, been fixed. fox 2 o’clock he
was left in charge of the officer, but he
managed to give the officer the slip and
has not been seen Since. ; ‘Good by
Abrams.
In Town.
L. P. McVarty, agent for the Mining
and. Scientific Press, Rev. Mr. Blakeslee, agent for the San Francisco Pacific,
Rev. Mr. Pearson, agent for the Dial, a
Sunday School paper given to each
scholar free ofcharge; Warren Henton,an old resident of this county, agent for
‘an Insurance .Company, and quite. a
opie tt bas by a i ie adherence to " umber of other agents for
Mt ‘people wish to restrict them. concerns. Gentlemen, one and’ ‘all, in
in affording: public aid 7;
a 5, it. is nas Tkocauiculd Sop behalf of the good people of Nevada
proper. waey. city, Nevada county, State of California,
80; put th y ought not to endeavor to a
agit sa of ‘debts. Iredly ‘omteacted, bewe extend to you. the freedom of the
cause they find in many cases they have olay, =
made’ ad bargain. ie i PoPULATION OF y (New York.—The
New York Zimesof August 2d gives
SuvannAn. It js ‘tjs somewhat singular the census returns of. fifty-four election
that during the present war between .
France ast Prussia, neither’ of the belae — on cripetier.
ligerents, has.allow ed. Word Beipuboverall the territory of the city, reachlied eee sent _ soa Of pouree, ing alk classes of population, there is
each Knows ox@iGtlyitei@mn losses ; but) 4.54 reason to believe thut. they indiwe have ndt a: “fram ‘Paris as to
Seal cate with tolerable certainty the averhow many Frenc men have ereraty age of districts -yet ‘to come inv: ‘The
er pg emacs 54 inour table; then; may ‘be taken as
enka st the. fight. Bis ans . spout one seventh of the population of
P wena 4 ie Peviaes ra the city, aud allowing for contingenago, WE, suasian, mate that cieg muforseen, we are compelled te
the losseaof Bazaing’s'army'in the'bat . 3.. ooint the public with regard to
tles around Mets must-have beem at\ 11. pggregate number of. residents
least 50,000 men, and we now have ®. within our borders. Uuless there is
presead what French Legiened gome serious error. in the figures thus
parol iy waaay i 7. far given, we shall” lave to be satisfied
Per with from $50,000 to 870,000, instead
amount to 170,000 im killed and-wousd-. ¢ the round millidn ‘or million and »
od, Possibly these estimates may not . quarter = that «gushiag” New-Yorkers
es Bisa scpryat «bo ie Ro lhave been eiming forthe last five
Delisved to hive ré‘in killed Gd . vegrs, But: New York is: not'bounded
punded, for they have been the ®t) by the North and East Rivers. We
have in ou?’ businéss’ streets .at mida
tacking party, while the * Freticl
lost morg ih) pesdnerss (bab both sides . day a hundred and fifty thousand more
are careful. to:.giye ne. -etatement of . people than at midnight. New York
their own i 8, fear) ng. perhaps, that . has spread all over Long Island, over
it will, have af gat 8° ogetoct on their wr altaueeta? Wuht¥; ints iGouhsatiout,
people, taken forcible posession of . Staten
ue Lyx e apbautas Te Island; apd.colonized all. Eastern New
Butte Record gives the particulars. -of Jersey. Within these boundaries are
the hanging of.Charles Olsen, at the . more than two millions of wide awake
Ofoiville jail; last Wesisieetaip/atietilttig) . People, who ore practically New York— Olea jaVNG, aataule of $2,000 ‘ers. Here they do business, make.or
the case ‘could tions. of life.
VERDUN. — This town, which the
Meuse, thirty miles west: of Metz,
has a population of 10,500, and is very
open Olsen's cell, ge ate to the . strange fomified,) “Tt was bombardsuspended ee ry. the od and captured by the Prussians in
, bat’ restored a year or two later
S Prussian and Austrian armies
decent al
‘. manvfacture of v
th the town, a valuable”
and étherinstitdtidn
:
4
Crsersxarr enjoys a regular Sunda,
‘} 'matinee.of Wild Texas steers cavort“© . ing through the, streets, and goring
_ . {people Ladies in-that.city. spate .
. gored skirts, have only to tike a Sunbite afternoon promenade.
ot the Bits ot Ja Lega age fst nnensand apater ail the ambi-.
siege, out the work of strengthening
the: defehises is still’ progressing. Io
the opinion of the Parisians, their city
in order that something may be saved,
in the event of a Prassian deloge,measnres have been: taken. to remove the
Government atehives and. many works
of art toa place of safety, “While deFrederi¢k Schwarm) left es
termined_on a desperate effort to save Noevads State; on the Oth of Jaly, with
a large amount of money on his person
since which time he has not been heard
In the fortified. towns, besieged by . !rom. Fearé ‘af: entertéined that he
the Prussians, thé French are making fas met: with foul play.
the city, they “are” ¢ prepating for the
worst.
a stubborn resistance. These places
are mostly deferided by the Guard Mopile and the National Guard, showing
that the new troops are doing effective. service.. Prussian-accounts say the
defenses .of Strasburg.are. being repidly Rights cause. Qne:of its keno tables
demolished, that the gs are de-. is managed by a woman.
moralized, and that the ef
Metz will be forced to capitalates
count of the lack of ons. The
siege of ‘Toul lias beiks ‘abatidoned, on
‘account of the-determitied “resistance:}of. the garrison. Pfalsburg -is still
holding out, and “an ‘attack by the
Prussiang on Verdun has been repulsed.
It is reported that. the gates of Montmerdy have been,closed, and the place Wea peor. he ume
invested by. the Prussians ; also, that.
Vitry capitulated on the 25th. °
We have nothing reliable of the position and numbers of the ‘French armieg. McMahon is somewhere near
the Belgian frontier, and hemust have} . :
At 173 ‘J (Street, Sacramento. an army, of, near 200,000-men. Some
accounts say he is seaveney to re
lieve ‘Bazaine in Metz, ana’ it “fs given
out from Paris that the French commanders are: maturing a plan ‘to deal
the Prussians terrible blows.
The French are organizing in the
south of France:three.corps of. old soldiers, one of which has started north
from Lyons, with the intention it is
supposed, of attacking the Prussians
at Nancy. “Another French army is
said to be organizing on the Loire.
DEATH oF GENERAL Dovay,—An
corer bee been ee aor.
of Gen yy, the
der at Wel he fie effect that
he deliberatél oA intel, when
he foun ng fy gone. against him.
Buta correspondent, writing from the
headquarte f the . army of the Crown
Prince, says Douay, ‘ell., by. one of, the
first discharges of .the: Prussian artille.
ry. This fsa more” noble death than
the'deliberaté suicide Which he matte
ported te bere. invoked. ~~
~
CASE “or Commend “Woo. 2Pb8 .
latest report from. Oakland, states the
general ae nowy: shat’ Géo. Wood,
z
Srpcited i of Annie
Mooney, ‘entirely:4 gems of the}
charge, and. that . neti-aven . .
ground for -suspieion ‘sot nga hints 2 ae
has been . ascertained
went-to pin ® stage, Pa
crossed to Benteie a -possibly the
mystery of her yet bec unEe
4 New OrcAN.—The “Young pel)
mocracy” of New York: have raised a . ‘,
fund of. ¢né hundred . hound. definite . W
deadly h
replies war x .
house of Joseph* Stinemyor. ‘situated
near Forest House,
oe
Feet otcepmieem ‘a.tegre 1?
SE REN eo hits" [emma ro
made his eseape On Friday ‘night last,
is the last bulwark of civilization; but} just as his term liad expired, ‘and'in }
‘leaving: stolea ruc gun from ‘the [
Y Must SOON . qemeeee
surrender. It.is believed in Patis, that
ROBES, ’
« Ladies’. Gaiter, Boot Slippers, Shoes.. Two exira fine arog A Robes, $150 Lach, "ibe
"Wages, of every degeription,. Work Boxes, ae
A ee ia ere ke canis
the “Free. Presa.” Ftc geteteat .
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Germans have doubtless left on acOF CALIFORNIA,
1 hostility of the,
r are said to be . WILL HOLD A GRAND FAIR
200,000 Germans in Paris, and some . 1
and goat
ose * for Two-W J BROKE, ardob n Madi Sie oy “> in iD. pclae a oner in tik pelapaea ‘jail, * he ‘he
THE 0 had been sunfitied:'for petit’ larceny, P ASHLINGTION
SCHOOL.
Trustees, J. I. Caldwell, A. B. Gregory.
And.for shesmraoenst LIOUTRATING the
vena
‘DEBT (OF: THE ; '
CeO
Nevada City, O California,
50,000 TICKETS Ts. will be sold at
_ ¥2,50_¢ each,
TREASURER ;
spacer tee ‘eoyarh
A CALIFORNIA lion, measuring ten
feet from tip to tip, was killed in Santa . V
Barbara last week. mis
25,0001 aetthtntes will be. await
To. the Holders. of Sesson. Tickets, :
. AwouNDENG To’
~ GoLvsa eager in the Womah’s
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rse Aire GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES,
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